Iran, sentence 617
From Wikipedia, «Iran», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
The Islamic style of dense decoration, geometrically laid out, developed in Iran into an elegant and harmonious style, combining motifs derived from plants with Chinese motifs such as the cloud-band, and often animals represented at a smaller scale.
Who acts: Islamic style · What happens: lay out, develop, combine, derive, represent · To what, where: Islamic style, Iran, motifs, animals, plants, smaller scale
This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Iran». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Islamic style), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 style | det |
| 2 | Islamic | Islamic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 style | amod |
| 3 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 derived | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 decoration | case |
| 5 | dense | dense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 decoration | amod |
| 6 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 style | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 laid | punct |
| 8 | geometrically | geometrically | ADV | _ | 9 laid | advmod |
| 9 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 style | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 laid | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 developed | punct |
| 12 | developed | develop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 style | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Iran | case |
| 14 | Iran | Iran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 developed | obl |
| 15 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 style | case |
| 16 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 style | det |
| 17 | elegant | elegant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 style | amod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 harmonious | cc |
| 19 | harmonious | harmonious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 elegant | conj |
| 20 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 developed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 combining | punct |
| 22 | combining | combine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 developed | advcl |
| 23 | motifs | motif | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 combining | obj |
| 24 | derived | derive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 plants | case |
| 26 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 derived | obl |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 motifs | case |
| 28 | Chinese | Chinese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 motifs | amod |
| 29 | motifs | motif | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 plants | nmod |
| 30 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 35 band | case |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 30 such | fixed |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 band | det |
| 33 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 band | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 cloud | punct |
| 35 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 motifs | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 animals | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 animals | cc |
| 38 | often | often | ADV | _ | 39 animals | advmod |
| 39 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 derived | obl |
| 40 | represented | represent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 animals | acl |
| 41 | at | at | ADP | _ | 44 scale | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 scale | det |
| 43 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 44 scale | amod |
| 44 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 represented | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 derived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay out | participle | the Islamic style of dense decoration not said here | geometrically property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | develop | participle | the Islamic style of dense decoration not said here | Iran | into a elegant style | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in iran=Location | |||
| 3 | combine | gerund | motifs | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motif=Patient | |||||
| 4 | derive | past | the Islamic style of dense decoration | animals | plants with Chinese motifs such the cloud band | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from plant=Material | |||
| 5 | represent | participle | animals not said here | a smaller scale | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: the English Wikipedia, «Iran», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. Tree: Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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